5  Finalising the Fishing Allocation Plan

Issuing the final Fishing Allocation Plan

The Ministry for the Environment will prepare a report to the Minister for Climate Change Issues on any submissions received on the Draft Fishing Allocation Plan.

The Minister will consider the report on submissions and if satisfied with the consultation will recommend to the Governor-General that a final Fishing Allocation Plan is issued. The Governor-General will then issue the final Fishing Allocation Plan.

Timeline

Submissions on the Draft Fishing Allocation Plan close at 5.00 pm on Monday 26 April 2010.

A possible timeline for the process of allocating emission units is shown below. These dates are not final and will be reviewed when the final Fishing Allocation Plan is issued. For updates to this timeline, visit www.climatechange.govt.nz. Sections 2 and 3 above have detailed explanations of each step in the process.

Proposed timeline for fishing allocation

Date Activity
June Final Fishing Allocation Plan issued by the Governor-General
Letters and public notice inviting eligible fishing quota owners to apply for NZUs
July Applications close (see section above on “Applying for and receiving emission units”)
Preliminary determinations made
Applicants may provide any further information
August Further information from applicants due
Final determinations made and published
September NZUs transferred to eligible quota owners

 

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